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The Moon on Sunday, May 14, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on May 14, 1978Waxing Crescent

Sunday 14 May 1978401,999 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 14, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.3% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
401,999 km249,791 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1978 is on Monday, May 22, 1978 at 13:17 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 7, 1978 at 04:47 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 7, 197804:47
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 15, 197807:40

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Sunday, May 14, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1978 to the new moon of June 5, 1978, a cycle of 29.59 days.